Mary Breaden is an Oregonian native living in Brooklyn. By early morning light, she writes, and during business hours, she works for a social services nonprofit. She and Andrea Janda founded Visitant, an experimental literary journal, in 2016. Mary's work has been published in Education Week, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Joyland, Persistent Visions, The Mondegreen, the Fanzine, and in Queen Mob's Teahouse. She was selected as an Emerging Writer in the Lamprophonic Reading Series and nominated for a Pushcart Prize.